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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Pheidole Sp

Pheidole sp(15) is slightly atypical in that propodeal spines of the workers are very prominent. The major worker at over 6 millimeters is also slightly larger than the average Pheidole species with majors measuring around 5 millimeters. This is however not the largest Pheidole species of this location.

Personally I have come across two larger species, one is Pheidole longipes with major workers measuring slightly over 8 millimeters. Another species still has an even larger major worker but I have not been able to go to the location where they are found to collect them.




Major and minor workers of Pheidole sp(15).









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Taxonomy:
No rank: cellular organisms 131567
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Myrmicinae 34695
Tribe: Pheidolini 144015
Genus: Pheidole 190769


Updated: 2022 03 15
First Posted: 2016 01 07
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